A little money, and a takeaway curry

[venta]

I'm curious now.


[Poll #320814]

Comments indicating how up to date your information is would also be useful :)

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[triskellian]

Or possibly Akash. For some utterly inexplicable reason I have trouble working out which is which.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Akash is on the corner of Randolph (?) street. White facia, blue writing. Dhaka has (or had) a pink fascia and isn't on the corner of whatever that street is called.

I don't think I can spell fascscscscsia.

[triskellian]

I'm not feeling any more enlightened - can't picture either of 'em. I think I can picture the Akash's takeaway menu, though: plain black on white?

Brain not working :-(

[leathellin.livejournal.com]

Well if you're going to give me an option all to myself..

[taimatsu]

Not any more! I too hate curry, though I have eaten at Aziz and at Jamal's. I don't know if they were okay or not, I hate curry (though actually the thing I had at Jamal's was okay).

[keris.livejournal.com]

A little bit off the Cowley Road, and my info is several years out of date... Have you ever tried the Raj? On St Clements, almost opposite the Half Moon. I used to love taking vegetarians in there, as the menu had so much choice on it, and it was all very yummy. Couldn't comment on the meat options though.
And I haven't been there for about 3 years either...

[venta.livejournal.com]

No, I've never been there... I must give it a try. Purely on research grounds, you understand, nothing to do with gratuitous excuses for curry.

It's always handy to have a few good options for when you're required to provide somewhere that's friendly to pesky ruminants :)

[keris.livejournal.com]

*grins*
Dunno what it'll be like now though. But I still think about going over to Oxford just to eat there, so let me know if you're going... ;)

Just avoid the one on North Parade near Summertown, can't remember the name but they smell of poo.
:)

[wimble.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure whether I've ever been to any of the others besides the Moonlight. I may have done. Wasn't paying attention, I guess.

(You forgot the "Why are you asking me? You know I'm useless!" option :)

[diffrentcolours]

The Bombay Spice (?) opposite the Elm Tree is quite good and last I checked did a reasonably-priced all-you-can-eat on Tuesday nights which used to be ideal for pre-Temple Bar stuffage.

OxfordGuide / Indian Food

[diffrentcolours]

May I invite your LJ readers to add their curry knowledge to the community-created Oxford Guide Wiki, specifically in the Indian Food category? It's a little empty at the moment.

Re: OxfordGuide / Indian Food

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Having just had a quick look at that, could I recommend that restaurant reviews should always carry the name (or pseudonym) of the reviewer ? Otherwise they're borderline useless because you can't compare two options since you don't know if they were reviewed by the same person !

(Incidentally, I would add reviews of my own but it's been at least 3 years since I had curry in Oxford and as such my comments risk being out of date.)

Re: OxfordGuide / Indian Food

[diffrentcolours]

I'm not an OG admin, but the point of the site is that it's community-created and community-edited - a single "entry" can contain edits by many different people writing different parts of the text. There should be links at the bottom to show you the revision history if you're desperate to know who wrote what, but generally if strong divisive opinions are posted, then the contributers will identify themselves.

[narenek.livejournal.com]

Currently remembered curry's on the Cowley Road are.

The Moonlight: Went as a group for my birthday this year. Nice enough though a little lacking in atmosphere. Wasn't entirely impressed with the food, though I can't actually remember why.

The Aziz: Went for a friday evening meal with Kathy. Good food, not bad service atmosphere let down by a large blokey (stag?) group being loud and making conversation difficult.

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

Can I sujest Akbars in the center of Leeds. They do a fine curry.... if you do have to get there early becuase they don't take reservations and they do fill up fast.

Or if your suffering from a cash flow problem, 'The Grove' in the middle of student land. £5-6 for a curry that's very nice. Me and waistcoatmark have debated the merits of the Grove vs his favourite 'the hayes tandorai' many times. And I will admit that the Hayes in nicer, it's three times the price and not three times as nice.... Oh and the Grove will not serve booze, nor are you allowed to take any in, and nor will you be served if you a drunk.

I'll grant you this is less then useful but i wanted to take part...

[http://users.livejournal.com/_corpse_/]

May I then, in turn recommend The Kashmir in Sheffield. Sometimes the food is a little too salty, but otherwise generally superb. It's one of those 'no frills, just good food at low prices' kind of places.

Also the Nirmal in Sheffield, if you want considerably more classy surroundings and slightly less good (but still excellent) food.

Also the Mumtaz in Bradford. It's been awarded best curry house in UK type awards and deservedly so.

Also the 3 Monkeys in London, which is expensive but actually good.

Also Cafe Lazeez in London which does modern fusion Indian cuisine as well as traditional dishes.

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

I shall try and remember these recomendations.

I think I've eaten in Mumtaz and I don't think I was that impressed, although that might have been my choice of dish (a chicken tika) as everybody else seem to think it was fantastic.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_corpse_/]

I've only eaten there a few times, and it seemes to be a little variable. Quality does seems to go down a bit when they're very busy.

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

Also the Dilshad in Birmingham, which has been consistently excellent in probably 6-8 visits over 6-8 years, and is conveniently within extended walking distance of the part of the University of Birmingham where one of my favourite games conventions takes place.

[cuthbertcross.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, Akbar's is great (if that's the one opposite the cinema/leisure complex on the road out to Kirkstall abbey?) Oh happy Yorkshire days, when I was missing many mates but at least could stuff myself with muchos curry....

BTW, I'm a Star of Asia fan, partly cos their food is yummy, but also for the proprieter Hass and his turban with comedy elastic to hold it on (and his penchant for giving regulars free beer and flaming sambukkas)

The Moonlight tandoori; had it once, got food poisoning!

[maviscruet.livejournal.com]

I think your thinking of Azram's, which is also a good curry house.

Akbars is in the heart of town and fairly new (opposite Shabab's if that helps pin point it). They do the most monsterous Nans which they bring out and impale on a metal stand......

[waistcoatmark.livejournal.com]

Well 8 or so years ago, Moonlight was our normal choice. The "large white one" near Randolph St. was also quite nice from what I recall. There was (and maybe still is) a small grubby one also nearby Randolph St. which my housemates at the time found so unpleasant that they refused to ever go there again (I believe they referred to one of the dishes they got as "bone curry").

Karma

[killalla]

Near the police station is not bad food-wise, as I recall, and (more importantly) one of the girls from the Middle Eastern Dance Society dances there, so it's definitely worth a trip. ;)

Re: Karma

[narenek.livejournal.com]

There's a bad radiohead based pun in there somewhere.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

I've voted assuming that by "best" you mean "nicest food", but for a more detailed response:

Aziz: Nicest food as long as you're not vegetarian.
Moonlight: Best value.
Prince: Best veggie stuff. (It shut ? Bah !)
Star of Asia: Nicest staff. (Also shut, IIRC)

[venta.livejournal.com]

Um, I don't think The Star of Asia is shut. I'll check, next time I'm in that neck of the woods.

[enthused-x.livejournal.com]

hey my names amanda. come check out sweet_like_what, it doesnt hurt to look! =D
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[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Actually I just looked and it really did hurt. Do I get a refund ?

[dr-bob.livejournal.com]

Have to say this message makes me feel like I'm being groomed.....
Maybe I've just watched too much Monkey Dust.

[cuthbertcross.livejournal.com]

Hey, back off, "amanda", dr_bob's spoken for!!

[dr-bob.livejournal.com]

Favourite Curry experience: Star of Asia.

Nicest curry: Akash

Oxford info at least 4 years out of date, and biased by rose-tinted spectacles.

Favourite Curry place in W. Yorkshire (since the theme's developed) Last Viceroy in Horsforth. Even bumped into Jack Charlton there once.

[(Anonymous)]

...and the Roti in a former car showroom in Pontefract. Kashmiri basically and, on my last visit, they'd added Persian. Kitchens are right on view, too.

[kauket.livejournal.com]

Now, I really really want curry, especially given my body is still dealing with last night's alcohol....

[kauket.livejournal.com]

Now, I really really want curry, especially given my body is still dealing with last night's alcohol....

[venta.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Curry for breakfast.
Haven't done that in a long time :)

[jiggery-pokery.livejournal.com]

I would like to give an Honourable Mention to the one that is about four doors up from the Moonlight Tandoori that I think is called the Kashmir Halal, particularly recommending two dishes: chicken tandoori soup and banana lassi. Two visits in the last five years (last one either this year or last), both excellent.